The U.S. Senate is advancing a bill to cut over $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, jeopardizing NPR and PBS. The Senate voted 50-50, with Vice President JD Vance breaking the tie. Three Republicans opposed the bill. If passed, it would legitimize $9 billion in previously appropriated funds that were illegally impounded by President Trump. Activist group Our Revolution delivered over 70,000 petitions to oppose the cuts, emphasizing the potential detrimental effects on public media and global health programs. Advocates claim that changes to the legislation are still feasible.
"If passed, the bill would codify President Donald Trump's illegal impoundment of more than $9 billion in funds that were already appropriated by Congress."
"Defenders of public media have mobilized a last-ditch effort to stop the bill, which strips more than $1.1 billion from the CPB, which includes cuts to NPR and PBS."
"This is a coordinated, authoritarian attempt to silence dissent and dismantle the public good - not 'fiscal policy,'" the group said in a post on social media.
"Changes to the bill are still possible," the group said. "Now is the time to act and push against these harmful cuts."
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